2026 Reading Challenge discussion

I'll repeat my 2017 goal and aim for 101+ for 2018.

Laura wrote: "I'll repeat my 2017 goal and aim for 101+ for 2018.

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I'm impressed! I would love to be able to read 100+ books, but I'm too slow a reader unfortunately. Good luck with your goal Laura and happy reading!

Good luck, Laura! :)

Best of luck in the coming year!

1. The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life (Jan. 4, 2018)
2. The Hate U Give (Jan. 6, 2018)
3. One of Us Is Lying (Jan. 9, 2018)

4. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Jan. 13, 2018)
5. We Are Called to Rise (Jan. 15, 2018)
6. The Girl in the Red Coat (Jan. 16, 2018)
7. Pretty Is (Jan. 18, 2018)
8. The Marriage Lie (Jan. 19, 2018)
9. One Plus One (Jan. 22, 2018)

10. The Newlyweds (Jan. 26, 2018)
11. The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade (Jan. 26, 2018)
12. Red Clocks (Jan. 27, 2018)
13. Britney Spears Is a Three-Headed Alien: The Inside Story (Jan. 27, 2018)
14. Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar (Jan. 27, 2018)
15. Over Easy (Jan. 28, 2018)
16. Ultraluminous: A Novel (Jan. 28, 2018)
17. Freaky Green Eyes (Jan. 28, 2018)
18. The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness and We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty to Notice (Jan. 28, 2018)

Shoutout to the 24in48 readathon for helping me get 7 books read this weekend!

19. The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing (Jan. 31, 2018)
20. Still Alice (Feb. 2, 2018)
21. The Ice Queen (Feb. 5, 2018)
22. You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine (Feb. 6, 2018)
23. Being Henry David (Feb. 6, 2018)

Wow, you're on a roll Laura!
7 books in 1 weekend???? I couldn't have done that even if I had read for the whole 48 hours of the readathon!!

Which has been your favourite so far?

You are going great keep up the great reads!

Susy wrote: "Wow, you're on a roll Laura!
7 books in 1 weekend???? I couldn't have done that even if I had read for the whole 48 hours of the readathon!!

Which has been your favourite so far?"

Oh my, I have to think for a minute. I think Tiny Beautiful Things surprised me with how much I liked it. I also thoroughly enjoyed The Marriage Lie, and The Girls Who Went Away is such an important book.

24. The Woman Upstairs (Feb. 9, 2018)
25. The Divorce Papers (Feb. 10, 2018)

Laura wrote: "Susy wrote: "Wow, you're on a roll Laura!
7 books in 1 weekend???? I couldn't have done that even if I had read for the whole 48 hours of the readathon!!

Which has been your favourite so far?"

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Cool, will check them out!!

26. Sofia Khan Is Not Obliged (Feb. 13, 2018)
27. Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace (Feb. 14, 2018)

28. The End of Everything (Feb. 17, 2018)
29. Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits (Feb. 21, 2018)
30. Love Letters to the Dead (Feb. 23, 2018)

31. The Man Who Forgot How To Read (Feb. 24, 2018)
32. You Will Know Me (Feb. 27, 2018)

You are doing great! Hoping March is a smashing success for you.

33. The Innocents (Mar. 1, 2018)
34. The End of Your Life Book Club (Mar. 4, 2018)
35. Big Mouth and Ugly Girl (Mar. 5, 2018)
36. The Woman in the Window (Mar. 6, 2018)
37. Cartwheel (Mar. 10, 2018)

38. The House We Grew Up In (Mar. 11, 2018)
39. Music for Torching (Mar. 12, 2018)
40. Behind Closed Doors (Mar. 14, 2018)
41. Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between (Mar. 15, 2018)
42. Maybe in Another Life (Mar. 16, 2018)

Holy hell, I've been a reading machine lately!

43. The Widow Waltz (Mar. 17, 2018)
44. Swimming at Night (Mar. 17, 2018)
45. The Promise of Amazing (Mar. 19, 2018)
46. I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death (Mar. 21, 2018)
47. In the Stacks: Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians (Mar. 22, 2018)
48. The Girl Who Was Taken (Mar. 24, 2018)
49. The Readymade Thief (Mar. 25, 2018)

50. Best Day Ever (Mar. 26, 2018)

I started my second master's degree on Monday, so my reading will slow down drastically for the rest of the year. Wish me luck to finish my challenges!

51. Olive Kitteridge (Mar. 30, 2018)
52. The After Girls (Mar. 31, 2018)
53. Veronika Decides to Die (Apr. 2, 2018)
54. Drama (Apr. 3, 2018)
55. Above (Apr. 4, 2018)

A book is a dream that you hold in your hand. I hope that April brings you many more five star reads. Do you have a stand out book so far this year?

56. Primal Leadership, With a New Preface by the Authors: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence (Apr. 7, 2018)
57. Dietland (Apr. 8, 2018)

58. My Name Is Lucy Barton (Apr. 8, 2018)
59. Now, Discover Your Strengths (Apr. 11, 2018)
60. The Rise & Fall of Great Powers (Apr. 14, 2018)

61. What Alice Forgot (Apr. 15, 2018)
62. A Good Year for the Roses (Apr. 17, 2018)
63. Leadership: A Communication Perspective, Seventh Edition (Apr. 20, 2018)
64. The Age of Miracles (Apr. 20, 2018)

65. The Brand New Catastrophe (Apr. 22, 2018)
66. Enter Sandman (Apr. 24, 2018)
67. Borrowed Finery: A Memoir (Apr. 27, 2018)

68. The Servant Leader: How to Build a Creative Team, Develop Great Morale, and Improve Bottom-Line Performance (Apr. 28, 2018)
69. The Headmaster's Wife (Apr. 28, 2018)
70. Orphan Train (Apr. 29, 2018)
71. The Stranger on the Train (Apr. 29, 2018)

April Showers bring May flowers I hope May brings lots of great reads and sunshine!

72. Sometimes I Lie (May 1, 2018)
73. The Silent History (May 7, 2018)
74. Wife 22 (May 10, 2018)
75. The Long Goodbye (May 13, 2018)
76. Our Kind of Cruelty (May 13, 2018)

77. Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life (May 17, 2018)
78. Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry (May 18, 2018)
79. The Fall of Lisa Bellow (May 20, 2018)
80. Home Sweet Anywhere: How We Sold Our House, Created a New Life, and Saw the World (May 23, 2018)
81. Small Admissions (May 24, 2018)
82. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders (May 30, 2018)

83. The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D. (June 4, 2018)
84. Mercy for Animals: One Man's Quest to Inspire Compassion and Improve the Lives of Farm Animals (June 10, 2018)
85. Found: The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World (June 10, 2018)
86. An American Marriage (June 11, 2018)
87. Zombie Spaceship Wasteland (June 11, 2018)
88. Miraculum Monstrum (June 17, 2018)
89. Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs (June 18, 2018)

90. The Little Paris Bookshop (June 23, 2018)
91. The Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators (June 23, 2018)
92. Home Land (June 25, 2018)
93. Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT Leroy (July 3, 2018)
94. To Be or Not to Be: A Chooseable-Path Adventure (July 4, 2018)
95. The Beguiled (July 14, 2018)
96. The Arrangement (July 21, 2018)
97. Sharp Objects (July 22, 2018)
98. Quicksand (July 25, 2018)
99. You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain (July 26, 2018)
100. Silent Child (July 29, 2018)
101. The Sinner (Aug. 3, 2018)

And with that, I've hit my goal! Everything after this is just bonus :)

102. The Power (Aug. 7, 2018)
103. Baby Teeth (Aug. 9, 2018)
104. Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow (Aug. 11, 2018)

105. Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste (Aug. 15, 2018)
106. The Woman in Cabin 10 (Aug. 19, 2018)
107. Not Funny Ha-Ha: A Handbook for Something Hard (Aug. 20, 2018)
108. Little Fires Everywhere (Aug. 25, 2018)
109. Priestdaddy: A Memoir (Aug. 26, 2018)
110. Journals (Aug. 28, 2018)
111. Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm (Aug. 29, 2018)
112. Hidden Bodies (Aug. 30, 2018)
113. Distilled Knowledge: The Science Behind Drinking’s Greatest Myths, Legends, and Unanswered Questions (Sept. 1, 2018)
114. Fallout (Sept. 3, 2018)
115. The Last Time I Lied (Sept. 4, 2018)
116. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Sept. 7, 2018)

117. The Folded Clock: A Diary (Sept. 11, 2018)
118. The Moviegoer (Sept. 13, 2018)
119. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (Sept. 14, 2018)
120. The Patron Saint of Ugly (Sept. 16, 2018)
121. Straight Man (Sept. 20, 2018)

122. Primer of Public Relations Research, Third Edition (Sept. 26, 2018)
123. A Window Opens (Sept. 30, 2018)
124. Fourth of July Creek (Oct. 6, 2018)
125. The Mystics of Mile End (Oct. 10, 2018)
126. Naomi's Room (Oct. 12, 2018)

127. Judging a Book by Its Lover: A Field Guide to the Hearts and Minds of Readers Everywhere (Oct. 12, 2018)
128. Vanishing Acts (Oct. 14, 2018)
129. Losing the Light (Oct. 20, 2018)
130. Sad Desk Salad (Oct. 20, 2018)
131. The Ten-Year Nap (Oct. 21, 2018)

132. Armada (Oct. 23, 2018)
133. The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir (Oct. 30, 2018)
134. Secrets of Southern Girls (Nov. 1, 2018)
135. Before I Go to Sleep (Nov. 2, 2018)

136. Days of Awe: A novel (Nov. 12, 2018)

137. With or Without You (Nov. 14, 2018)
138. Love Bomb (Nov. 15, 2018)
139. A Beautiful, Terrible Thing: A Memoir of Marriage and Betrayal (Nov. 16, 2018)
140. The Groves of Academe (Nov. 18, 2018)
141. Whistle in the Dark (Nov. 19, 2018)
142. On A Sunbeam: A Webcomic (Nov. 19, 2018)
143. Walk Like a Buddha: Even if Your Boss Sucks, Your Ex Is Torturing You, and You're Hungover Again (Nov. 20, 2018)
144. Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales (Nov. 21, 2018)
145. Unraveling Oliver (Nov. 24, 2018)

146. How to Be Safe (Nov. 24, 2018)
147. 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater (Nov. 25, 2018)
148. Your Face in Mine (Nov. 28, 2018)
149. Bonfire (Dec. 1, 2018)
150. Popular (Dec. 1, 2018)
151. The 6:41 to Paris (Dec. 2, 2018)
152. We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Dec. 3, 2018)
153. Gone Tomorrow (Dec. 8, 2018)
154. Tattoo (Dec. 11, 2018)

155. My Life in France (Dec. 15, 2018)
156. Jane Doe (Dec. 17, 2018)
157. Drinking: A Love Story (Dec. 22, 2018)
158. The Silent Sister (Dec. 23, 2018)
159. The Little Shop of Happy Ever After (Dec. 26, 2018)
160. She Was the Quiet One (Dec. 27, 2018)
161. Harmony (Dec. 30, 2018)
162. The Gilded Razor: A Memoir (Dec. 30, 2018)